Written answers
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
- Department of Social Protection
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8576/16]
- Illness Benefit Appeals
2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be scheduled to progress an appeal for illness benefit by a person (details supplied). [8577/16]
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has not received a payment under the jobseeker's allowance scheme and when payment will be restored to the person....
- State Pensions Payments
4. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on encouraging persons in receipt of the State pension to have their payment made by electronic fund transfer to banks; and if she will make...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
5. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of correspondence she issued to persons who are in receipt of part-time jobseeker's allowance as they are working on a casual, day on-day...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Collection
6. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances where the Revenue Commissioners have foregone the collection of interest on late payments of tax due made for whatever reason for each...
- Tax Relief Data
7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the situation that the Revenue Commissioners does not collate data of a particular type of tax relief (details supplied) which is...
- Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
8. To ask the Minister for Finance how much of the announced Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's €500 million home building finance joint venture with an investment firm (details supplied)...
- Tax Data
9. To ask the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of receipts from 1% betting duty and from 15% commission tax in the past year following the enactment of the Betting Amendment Act 2015, which...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of the recent Seanad election, outlining in tabular form the costs incurred in respect of elections to the vocational...
- Flood Risk Assessments
11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flooding in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8584/16]
- Office of Public Works Properties
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to arrange a meeting between senior officials in the Office of Public Works and a delegation from County Laois to discuss a property...
- Public Sector Pensions Levy
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8630/16]
- Flood Risk Assessments
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is planned to meet with stakeholders in the Athlone area in respect of flooding of the River Shannon; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Employment Rights
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of referrals made to the Workplace Relations Commission inspector in relation to non-compliance of section 14(1)(a) to...
- Employment Appeals Tribunal
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if findings of the Employment Appeals Tribunal are binding; the recourse available where parties do not comply with findings of the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Milk Quota
17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to suspend milk quota fines in view of the circumstances of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- GLAS Payments
18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hardship Grant Scheme
19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a hardship fund will be put in place for farmers who have been adversely affected by flooding and will miss cutting their first...
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment being issued to a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme payment...
- GLAS Payments
21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 13 January 2016, when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Farm Inspections
23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeals mechanism in place for a person who believes he or she has been unfairly penalised following a farm inspection;...
- European Fisheries Fund
24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of spend for each sector (details supplied) of the European Fisheries Fund 2008 to 2015. [8579/16]
- Aquaculture Development
26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tender process for the report, Potential for Land Based Salmon Grow-out in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems in Ireland; and the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Trade Agreements
30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of his meetings with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and with the European Commissioner for Trade in relation to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Visiting Committees
31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person can directly apply to be on the Visiting Committee of Portlaoise Prison; if not, the reason why; if a report for 2014 will be...
- Garda Vetting Applications
32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda Síochána clearance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8563/16]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs where a play school-preschool is in a RAPID area and the majority of the children attending it are from a disadvantaged background, if there...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Provision
34. To ask the Minister for Health when interventions will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [8523/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
35. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a medical appointment. [8527/16]
- Services for People with Disabilities
36. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies Providing Services to People with Intellectual Disability will be brought to a level of investment in...
- Home Care Packages Provision
37. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the home care package application of a person (details supplied). [8531/16]
- Autism Support Services
38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for autistic children seeking access to therapies in Beechpark Service in the Dublin North-West Health Service Executive...
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the treatment of a person (details supplied) who requires access to speech therapies. [8534/16]
- Ambulance Service
40. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address health and safety issues raised by the UNITE union and ambulance paramedics in Waterford and the south east; and if he will...
- Health Services Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical assessment can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8547/16]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
42. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [8553/16]
- Mental Health Services Funding
43. To ask the Minister for Health if funding can be made available to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8561/16]
- Dental Services Provision
44. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8565/16]
- Health Services Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8567/16]
- Dental Services Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for dental treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8568/16]
- Mental Health Services Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount that it is intended to cut from the mental health budget in 2016; and if he will provide a breakdown of which services will be affected and the...
- Home Care Packages
50. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to provide a significant increase in home help hours and improve home care packages in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Staff
51. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for allocating time -related savings on the recruitment of mental health staff to other services and the reason these cannot be retained for other...
- Mental Health Services Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation of funding for mental health services over the past five years; if he has changed the allocation for 2016 and the reason for this; and if he will...
- Health Services Staff Data
53. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in community-based health services in Dublin 15, excluding hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff Data
54. To ask the Minister for Health for the number of vacancies in all hospitals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8596/16]
- Mental Health Services Report
55. To ask the Minister for Health his ongoing initiatives to ensure the Vision for Change document is implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8597/16]
- Mental Health Services Data
56. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for patients for all psychiatric services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8598/16]
- Medical Card Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the medical card scheme. [8600/16]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8605/16]
- Hospital Appointments Status
61. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Limerick hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8612/16]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health the progress and time schedule for providing primary care centres in County Kildare; when he will meet the full requirement; the extent to which this will ease...
- Medical Card Applications
63. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he monitors applications for medical cards by cancer patients if his primary concern is the applicant's health or their means; and if he...
- Commencement of Legislation
64. To ask the Minister for Health when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will commence; the funding he has allocated for the Decision Support Service in 2016; and if he will make...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
65. To ask the Minister for Health why a home help (details supplied), serving in a rural area where there is no public transport and depending on another person for transport to and from...
- Health Services Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve additional night nursing hours for persons (details supplied). [8632/16]
- Ambulance Service
67. To ask the Minister for Health why the Mallow intermediate care vehicle would be relocated to Cork city and the cover would be available to north County Cork, given that a paramedic ambulance...
- Hospital Appointments Status
68. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a case including when the person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in the Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore, County Offaly....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Summer Works Scheme Administration
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 691 and 719 of 14 April 2016 and as summer is fast approaching, and school principals need to get...
- Departmental Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Foróige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the benefits that accrue to students from involvement in the programme;...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans for Student Universal Support Ireland grants to be paid to all Quality and Qualifications Ireland degree students at all...
- Schools Refurbishment
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the avenues of funding a school (details supplied) can apply for in order to carry out urgent remedial works to its boundary fencing. [8540/16]
- School Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is classified as an all-Irish school for the purpose of assessing the eligibility of applicants for the primary...
- School Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school project (details supplied) can be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8551/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the construction of the new national school in Kanturk, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Transport
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessments she has conducted on the school transport needs of homeless children who are living in emergency accommodation away from where...
- Education Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will put in place to cater for the specific needs of homeless children in the education system; and if she will make a statement...
- State Examinations
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reasonable accommodation will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8590/16]
- School Accommodation Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra school accommodation required at primary and second level in County Kildare with reference to demographic pressure; if each area is in a...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Student Universal Support Ireland will accept a sworn affidavit is acceptable as verification of independent residency where a lease with a...
- Departmental Staff
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the skills and qualifications of the members of her Department's Higher Education Grant Appeals Board; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Legislative Programme
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technologies Universities Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8611/16]
- Schools Building Projects Status
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the extra facilities required as St. Corban's primary school in Naas, County Kildare; the degree to which she...
- School Accommodation Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of dialogue with a school (details supplied) with a view to meeting extra accommodation requirements including a sports hall; and if...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a Gaelcholaíste in north County Kildare, given the demand for this; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building commencement date for a new national school at Lackagh, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8625/16]
- Education and Training Boards Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has lifted the moratorium on the recruitment of adult educational guidance counsellors working with the Adult Education Guidance Service in...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be notified of the outcome of its application under the summer works scheme. [8633/16]
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Waste Management
96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way his Department plans to accommodate Pay by Weight for domestic refuse for families with family members with special...
- Housing Assistance Payments
97. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the housing assistance payment limit will be raised to an extra €125 per month for a person (details supplied)....
- Social and Affordable Housing
98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, further to his letter to a person (details supplied), his Department reached the 2015 targets including the 2,000...
- Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, with regard to the housing assistance payment for homeless pilot in the four Dublin local authorities, he will put in...
- NAMA Portfolio
103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all the National Assets Management Agency's properties and land portfolios in County Wicklow, by addresses,...
- Rural Development Programme Funding
104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/16]
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Industrial Disputes
105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the ongoing industrial relations dispute between 999 emergency call staff and a company (details...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his progress in upgrading the M7 road including the Newhall and Sallins bypass; the schedule and timescale; and if he will make a...
- Industrial Disputes
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, In view of the serious moves and threats recently made by Irish Rail to seek an court injunction against both NBRU and SIPTU over the...
- Cycling Facilities Funding
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will expedite funding of the Royal Canal walkway cycle way from Abbeyshrule to Ballymahon, in County Longford; and if he will make...
- Driver Test Centres
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will designate Drogheda, County Louth as a driving test centre; the location of driving test centres nationally and the cost per...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure required for foreign nationals who need to be able to drive as part off their work but who do not hold an Irish driving...
- Road Network
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8604/16]
- Road Improvement Schemes
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans and arrangements for bridge realignments and replacements in County Kildare including Celbridge, which is...
- Road Projects
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to upgrade the N20 Cork-Limerick Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8635/16]
